Originally posted here by lord_darkside_x
alright... disclaimer... this post is primarily directed towards people who live in america because they will understand where i am coming from... but is it just me or has it become really easy since 9/11 to get called anti american?
I would imagine that more or less extreme patriotism is a fairly normal way to react after a thing like 9/11. At times of war people always turns all patriotic and I guess that the harder the actual enemy and the immediate danger is to define the more patriotic people become.
I would also imagine that the Bush-administration does very little to change this behaviour amongst people. Then again, why would they?

I think however that the development is scary because *I belive* that patriotism is a very narrow minded thing.

I'm swedish all the way. Several generations back. Yet I feel nothing for my country because a countrys greatness is defined by it's people. I've never quite understood what's so good about any country to be frank.

I demand my right to feel just as proud of the cherry blossoms in Japan as the swedish arcipelago or the niagra falls.

World citizens unite!